Organizational Theory – an introduction Carl Borge-Andersen‚ Norwegian School of Management‚ Oslo Introduction This is article‚ section‚ 1 presents an overview of Organizational theory. Definition of an Organization ” An organization is a social system that is consciously constructed to achieve specific goals”.[1] The term social system reflects the notion that there are groups of individuals working together. Management organizes the group(s) which‚ will cooperate in reaching the
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people form an organization because it provides a means of using individual strengths within a group to achieve more than can be accomplished by the aggregate efforts of group members working individually. Over time there have been several models and theories with respect to organizational function and essential characteristics. One model suggests that organizations at their core are information processing systems‚ where information includes knowledge about markets‚ products‚ production methods‚ management
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Organizational Theory & Practice Introduction Previously people were less interested in an organizational culture. Cultural perspectives were not really important. When it comes to cultural change‚ leaders used to take an action at the end‚ at the time where company was facing bankruptcy‚ and they were not succeeded. Unlike now‚ culture is significantly important aspect in an organization. It shapes how people think and behave. Once an employee gets hired‚ firstly he or she tries to identify existing
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Review‚ January-February‚ Ibarra‚ H. & Hunter‚ M. (2007). How Leaders Create and Use Networks‚ Harvard Business Review‚ Janurary‚ pp Ibarra‚ H. & Lineback‚ K. (2005). What’s Your Story? Harvard Business Review‚ January‚ pp Lewin‚ K. (1951). Field Theory in Social Science. New York: Harper and Row. March‚ J. G. (1991). How Decisions Happen in Organizations‚ HumanComputer Interaction‚ Vol. 6‚ pp. 95-117. Mayo‚ A. J. & Nohria‚ N. (2005). Zeitgeist Leadership‚ Harvard Business Review‚ October‚ pp Pfeffer
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determinants of personality is true? Personality appears to be a result of both hereditary and environmental factors If personality characteristics were completely dictated by heredity‚ they would be fixed at birth and no amount of experience could alter them. All of the following are classifications on the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator except independent/dependent. What does the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator classification of “E or I” stand for? extroverted/introverted What does the
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Relationship Between Organizational Citizenship Behavior and Counterproductive Work Behavior Reeshad S. Dalal Purdue University Job performance is increasingly being seen to encompass constructs such as organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) and counterproductive work behavior (CWB). To clarify the OCB–CWB relationship‚ a meta-analysis was conducted. Results indicate a modest negative relationship ( 0.32). The relationship strength did not increase appreciably when the target of the behavior (the organization
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CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES OF ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR 1. The creation of Q global village 2. Workforce diversity 3. Improving quality and productivity 4. Improving People skills 5. Management control to empowerment 6. Stability and flexibility 7. Improving ethical behavior. There are a lot of challenges and opportunities today for managers to use Organizational behavior concepts. The critical issues for which Organization behavior offers solutions are: 1. The creation of a global village The world
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ENRON Principles of Accounting Enron Key Players KENNETH LAY Former Enron chairman JEFFREY SKILLING Former Enron CEO DAVID DUNCAN Former Andersen partner NANCY TEMPLE Andersen lawyer THOMAS WHITE Secretary of the Army SHERRON WATKINS Enron vice president Enron started about 29 years ago in July 1985 in Houston‚ Texas.. A energy economist named Kenneth Lay became the CEO of Enron. Mr. Lay was a very optimistic
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ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR AND HUMAN DECISION PROCESSES 50‚ 179-211 (1991) The Theory of Planned Behavior ICEK AJZEN University of Massachusetts at Amherst Research dealing with various aspects of* the theory of planned behavior (Ajzen‚ 1985‚ 1987) is reviewed‚ and some unresolved issues are discussed. In broad terms‚ the theory is found to be well supported by empirical evidence. Intentions to perform behaviors of different kinds can be predicted with high accuracy from attitudes toward the behavior
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Uses and Gratifications Theory Student’s Name Course/Number Institution Date Instructor Name Uses and Gratifications Theory Uses and Gratifications Theory (UGT) according to West and Turner (2007) is a mechanism of getting to know the reason and how individuals keenly look for specific media to meet their particular needs. As opposed to other media theory that seeks to understand what the media do to individuals‚ UGT seeks to understand what individuals do with media. UGT as argued
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